A US woman who shot and killed her husband and two adult children before taking her own life is thought to have committed the shocking crime as a result of being ostracised from the religion she was raised in.

A federal judge sentenced a former Arkansas judge Wednesday to five years in prison — a stiffer punishment than prosecutors recommended — after he admitted giving young male defendants lighter sentences in return for personal benefits that included sexual favours.

Every time I tell a mate I’m doing a story on cryptocurrency, they invariably ask me the same two questions: should they invest their own hard-earned money, and which cryptocurrency will get them a Lamborghini/yacht/island quickest?

In a 60 Minutes online exclusive, reporter Liz Hayes quizzed Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on his relationship with the unpredictable Twitter aficionado and US president Donald Trump ahead of their meeting at the White House Friday.

Man charged and another on the run after hijacking woman’s car in Melbourne’s south-east

An 18-year-old man has been charged and another is still on the run after the pair targeted a woman’s car while she was loading groceries in Berwick on June 12.

The pair were caught on CCTV at a petrol station the next morning, after taking 54-year-old Pixie’s Nissan from Parkhill Plaza shopping centre about 10pm, allegedly taking off with a tank full of fuel and driving erratically on the wrong side of the road through Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs.

Detectives have charged an 18-year-old man with a string of charges including car theft, recklessly causing injury, dangerous driving, unlicensed driving, possession of cannabis, methamphetamine and leaving the scene of an accident.

Detective Senior Constable David Sweeney said the crime was shocking and “opportunistic”.